02/22 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Laundry or Lawn Mowing? Housework as Gender Performance in Same-Sex Couples

Please join us for our Library Athenaeum on Wednesday February 22, 2012 at 1:00pm. Nicole Civettini, Assistant Professor of Sociology, will present Laundry or Lawn Mowing? Housework as Gender Performance in Same-Sex Couples.

Professor Civettini will discuss her test of an original theory that incorporated the idea of normative vs. non-normative gender displays with the "gender performance" approach and a trend toward gender liberalism among lesbians and gay men. In a survey of 244 members of same-sex couples, people who expressed high levels of gender-normative traits (femininity for lesbians, masculinity for gay men) did not use housework as way to create a gendered identity. However, women who expressed greater masculinity did a smaller share of housework than other women, and men who expressed greater femininity contributed a larger share of housework relative to other men in the sample.

1/28 Athenaeum at 1pm- Paul Vance presents Benjamin Britten, His Three Suites for Cello, and the Conflict Between the Individual and Society

Join us at the first Athenaeum for the spring 2009 semester. Professor of Music, Paul Vance, will discuss and perform excerpts from Britten’s Three Suites and attempt to explain their musical and sociological themes.

Event Title: Benjamin Britten, His Three Suites for Cello, and the Conflict Between the Individual and Society
Date/Time: January 28, 2009 at 1:00pm
Location: The WSU Krueger Library, second floor bluff side

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